Konrad weinberger



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- K. WEINBERGER.

wPITTGGN POE RAILWAY CARS.

Patented 3111 18 ,18Q3i iii-srisen dramas ?e*rss*r Grates.

SPITTOON FOR RAl LWAY CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letter Application filed June 24. 1892.

To all whom it may conccr I lie itlmown that l, KONRAD Wmxnuuuua, a resident of Nuremberg, Bavaria,Empire of Germany, have invented an Improvement in Spittoons for RailwayCars and the Like, oi" which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in spittoons for railway cars and like vehicles,and consists'in the arrangement and combination of parts therein as hereinafter described and specifically pointed out in the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide an odorless spittoon for railway cars, horse cars and other passenger vehicles, wherein it is essential that the spittoon should'not occupy any room otherwise available, should not be li: ble to overflow, and that it should not restrict the movements of the passengers, but at the same time be easily accessible to the occupants, and so constructed that the handling of the spittoon, in the process of filling,.

emptying, cleaning, 850., can be simply and quickly accomplished.

Like letters refer to likeparts in the various figures of the drawings, and in which- Figure l is a partial section of my improved spittoon, in operative position, taken from the right to left-hand's idc of Fig. 2 andthrough the center thereof. Fig. 2 is aplan view of my spittoon; and Fig 3 is a longitudinal section of one compartment of a railway car embodying my invention. Fig. 4: is a sectional detail on the line 2-2 of Fig. 2.

The construction of my spittoon I will now proceed to describe as follows:

a designates a vessel which forms the body of the spittoon and may be of, any suitable material. This vessel is provided at its upper edge with an external flange a, the upper surface of which flange is flush with the surface of the floor B or of the carpet h of the vehicle in which the spittoon is to be used, so that the entire body thereof will be below the Below this flange a and formed in the body portion of the vessel a is an internal o or shoulder a and at the central pori of the bottom of the vessel is' a down- \1 all extending discharge-pipe a" for disthe contents of the spittoon. It will -ved that the vessel (L has a iunnels Tcatent No. 501,635, dated July 18, 1893.

Serial N 437,897. (No modeld i like shape which facilitates the discharge of its contents.

Arranged to fit within the discharge-pipe a is the lower portion 0 of apipec provided with. a flange 0 which flange contacts with the packing-ring 0 when pressure is brought to bear upon the top of the pipe 0, thusforming a discharge-valve for the vessel (1. The upper portion 0' of this pipe 0 is provided with a hood 79 arranged above the escape holes Z formed in the pipe. The hood 7; is

rcferably secured in position by means 0 the thumb-nut 7t screwed upon the upper end of the tube 0, which nut bears upon and holds said hood in a rigid position against a shoulder formed upon the tube; it is obvious, however, that this hood may be secured in any well known manner withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention.

Arrangedwithin the containing vessel a and resting upon the internal shoulder (1 thereof, is an internal removable basin (1, pro-. vided with a bottom sloping toward the center, and in this center is an opening (1* through which operates the valve 0 and which. also establishes a source of communication between the basin and the lower portion of the containing vessel a, for purposes hereinafter described.

Over the mouth of the containing vessel (1 is situated a grating e of any suitable form, provided with openingsf and supporting webs g, which grating is preferably secured in position by the lug 6' carried on one side of the grating and which enters slot 6 provided in the upper portionot the vessel (1, but underneath the flange a or where the flange a and vessel a meet. Diametrically opposite the slot 6 is a second similar slot at for the reception of the latch 7r attached to the keypost t'. In the center of this grating c is formed a downwardly projecting plug 6 which, when the grating is locked, engages and holds the valve (1 in its seat and firmly against the packinga-iug c so that a perfectly tight joint is formed.

he operation of my invention is as follows: After the spittoon has been placed in the aperture provided for it in the door oi. the car or other vehicle, the valve r'pe c is placed in position with its lower p.,...ion c TOG entering the discharge tube a the internal basin [Z is then placed in position in the vessel a and rests upon the internal shoulder 01,

thereof, the upper portion of the valve protruding through the hole (Z formed in the center of said basin. The hood is isthen fastened in position by the thumb-nut k and the containing vessel o is partially filled with water or disinfecting liquid; the gratings is then looked in position, the plug 6 engaging the valve pipe 0 and holding it in a closed position, at the same time preventing odors from arising through the upper open end of the tube or valve 0. The spittoon is then ready for use and the expectoration which goes through the grating settles and is carried by the sloping bottom of the basin (Z through the opening (Z in the center thereof, into thevessel a. If

there be any odor arising from the precipitated expectoration, itiscaught by the hood k and allowed to escape into the open air through the holes Z in the valves 0. i It will be seen that the escape holes Z serve as an over iiow for the excess of liquid, so that the spittoon can neverbe filled abovea certain height,

determined bythe position of the escape holes Z in the valves 0. The basin (Z and the hook 70 also act to prevent the contents of the spittoon from being dislodged or through the grating.

' Having described my invention, what I thrown up claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the grating 6, containing vessel a, overflow Z located beneath said grating e and dischar e valve 0 adapted to control the discharge of the contents of said con taining vessel a,substantiallyas described. 2. The combination of the grating 9, containingvessel (1, and the discharge valve 0 provided with overflow holes Z, located beneath said grating e substantially as described.

3. The combination of the grating 6, containing-vessel a beneath said grating, and provided with perforated internal basin (Z located within the said containing-vessel a and discharge valves 0, all arranged substantially as described.

4. The combination of the removable grating e, containing-vessel a, located beneath said removable grating, basin (Z and valve 0 adapted to be. Seated by said removable grat ing, substantiallyas described.

5. The combination of the containing-vessel a, with removable grating e, hood 7a, internal basin (Z, and valve 0, having escape-openings Zwhich form overflows for the containingvessel, substantiallyas described.

KONRAD \VEIN BERGER.

Witnesses: v

ANDREAS SLICK, OSCAR Boon. 

